Elon Musk

Identity

Full name

Elon Musk^{[1, 2, 3]}

Also known as

Elon Reeve Musk

Born

1971

Status

Active

Current roles

• Chief Executive Officer (also styled Technoking of Tesla), Tesla, Inc. 2008-10^{[1, 2]}
• Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) 2002-05^{[1, 2]}
• Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Neuralink Corp. ^[1]
• Founder, The Boring Company ^[1]

Selected former roles

• President, Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer and director, X.AI Holdings Corp. 2025-03^{[1, 4, 5]}
• Senior Advisor to the President (special government employee), Executive Office of the President, United States (associated with the Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE) 2025 to 2025-05^{[6, 7, 8]}
• Chief Executive Officer and board member, xAI 2023-03 to 2025-03^{[1, 2]}
• Acquirer of Twitter, Inc., Twitter, Inc. (now X Corp.) 2022-10-27 to 2025-03^{[9, 4]}
• Chief Technology Officer and board member, X Corp. (formerly Twitter) 2022-10 to 2025-03^[1]
• Board member, Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. 2021-04 to 2022-06^{[1, 2]}

Sources

1. Tesla, Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Form DEF 14A)Tesla, Inc. / U.S. SEC EDGAR, 2026-10, primary source
2. Tesla, Inc. Form 10-K/A for fiscal year 2025 (Amendment No. 1)Tesla, Inc. / U.S. SEC EDGAR, 2026, primary source
3. Elon MuskEncyclopaedia Britannica, secondary source
4. Musk's xAI buys social media platform X for US$33bil (Reuters)Reuters, via Free Malaysia Today, 2025-03-29, secondary source
5. SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions (Reuters)Reuters, via Ada Derana, 2026-02-03, secondary source
6. White House says Musk is not DOGE employee (NPR)NPR, via MPR News, 2025-02-18, secondary source
7. Elon Musk leaves Trump admin (Reuters)Reuters, via DZRH, 2025-05-28, secondary source
8. Elon Musk announces departure from Trump administration as 130-day role endsABC News, 2025-05-29, secondary source
9. Elon Musk has finally bought Twitter; fires top executivesSemafor, 2022-10-27, secondary source

Change history

• 2026-10-26 Record published.

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